Rabbit control operation ongoing for Glenorchy Golf Club / Lakeside Rugby Club

Lakeside Rugby Club and the Glenorchy Golf Club will be using services to continue rabbitcontrol on the Golf Club and Rugby Club grounds. This operation aims to further reducerabbit numbers to decrease the effect they have on the vegetation and grounds.The rabbit shooting Operation is ongoing and will take place from 5th September 2025between the […]

Library update

Exciting library news! Beginning in September Wednesday library hours will be shifting to 2-4pm to help accommodate the crèche and school. Looking forward to seeing everyone during our new hours. Friday nights are still 5-7. 

Request for volunteers

As part of Repair Aotearoa Festival 2025, Sustainable Glenorchy Inc would love to hear from anyone who’d like to add to our volunteer crew from 10am to 1230pm on Saturday 13 September for our repair event at the Hall.  If you can fix a bike, sew a hem, wield a plier or hammer, and have […]

Dart/Routeburn/Caples aerial 1080 predator control operation 2025

Kia ora koutou, This email is to notify you that the Department of Conservation (DOC) is planning an aerial rat and stoat control operation in the Dart, Routeburn, and Caples Valleys from the 1st of October 2025. The operation is weather dependant and could run into early 2026 if required. Landscape aerial operations involve the spreading […]

Glenorchy Heritage and Museum Group AGM

Glenorchy Heritage and Museum Group AGM Thursday 4th September, 7pm at Leslie VG and Blaze’s – 41 Xenicus Rise Looking forward to a good catch up sometime soon…hoping all’s well at RV and that late August farming isn’t too all-consuming yet. 

Priory Rose Estate

Hello and warm greetings to you all, My name is Anna, and I’m the owner of Moke Lake Horse Treks in Queenstown. I’m thrilled to share that I’ve recently purchased the Priory Farm block and am incredibly excited to become part of the Glenorchy community. As I begin this new chapter, I’d love to tell […]

Kōwhai Valley Crèche Trust – Westgold butter fundraiser

WESTGOLD BUTTER FUNDRAISER FOR KŌWHAI VALLEY CRÈCHE TRUST A fundraiser to support our local parent run creche to keep staff pay parity, quality children’s resources and equipment, and affordable parent fees.  $5.15 per 250g block of salted or unsalted. Suitable to freeze $1 per block goes to the Crèche. Total goal: 2,000 blocks sold (50 […]

Aerial survey over Rees and Dart rivers

Kia ora! Over the next couple of days, you might spot a helicopter flying back and forth over the Rees and Dart Rivers. This is the team from Vadis Geomatics, working on an aerial survey using LiDAR (aerial laser scanning) to map the riverbeds. This work is part of an exciting research project led by The […]